Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (Qld)

Queensland JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY–GENERAL (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1995 Act No. 24 of 1995

Queensland JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY–GENERAL (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1995 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 Replacement of s 29A (Reports to Legislative Assembly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 29A Tabling of reports when Legislative Assembly not sitting . . . . . . . . 6 4 Amendment of s 33A (References to States include Territories) . . . . . . . . 7 5 Amendment of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words and expressions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 Relocation of s 48 (Mode of pleading affirmation instead of oath) . . . . . . 7 7 Amendment and relocation of s 52(1) and (2) (Form of oath of allegiance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950 8 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Omission of s 26 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10 Replacement of s 32 (Receipt of commission report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 32 Reports may be tabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 33 Regulation making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PART 4—AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992 11 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 12 Amendment of s 111 (Electoral visitor voting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 13 Replacement of s 172 (Failure to post etc. documents on behalf of another person) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 172 Failure to post or send documents for someone else . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PART 5—AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS AND LONG LEAVE) ACT 1957 14 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 15 Amendment of s 15 (Leave of absence of Judges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PART 6—AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 16 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 Insertion of new s 268A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 268A Approval of forms on 18 June 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 18 Amendment and omission of s 269 (Declaration about effect of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 19 Insertion of new s 271 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 271 Continuation of places and districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PART 7—AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 20 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 21 Amendment of s 5 (Membership) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 22 Replacement of s 12 (Registrar of justices of the peace and commissioners for declarations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 Registrar and deputy registrars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 23 Amendment of s 16 (Qualifications of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PART 8—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT 1867 24 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 25 Replacement of heading before s 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 26 Replacement of heading before s 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 27 Replacement of heading before s 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 28 Replacement of s 13 (Persons entitled to take declarations) . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13 Who may take declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 29 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 30 Replacement of heading before s 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 31 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 32 Replacement of heading before s 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 33 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 34 Amendment of s 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 35 Replacement of heading before s 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 36 Replacement of s 35 (Commencement of Act—Short title) and heading before s 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 43 References to Oaths Act Amendment Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PART 9—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1876 37 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 38 Relocation of ss 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 PART 10—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1884 39 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 40 Amendment of s 3 (Interpreters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 41 Relocation of ss 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 PART 11—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1891 42 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 43 Amendment of s 2 (Interpreter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 44 Replacement of s 3 (Justices and other persons may take affidavits) . . . . 19 3 Who may take affidavits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 45 Relocation of ss 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 46 Relocation of schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 PART 12—AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 47 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 48 Amendment of sch 2 (Consequential and other amendments) . . . . . . . . . . 20 PART 13—REPEALS 49 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Queensland Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 Act No. 24 of 1995 An Act to amend or repeal Acts administered by the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts [Assented to 11 April 1995]

s1 6 s3 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 . PART 2—AMENDMENT OF ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 ˙ Act amended 2. This part amends the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 . ˙ Replacement of s 29A (Reports to Legislative Assembly) 3. Section 29A— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Tabling of reports when Legislative Assembly not sitting ‘ 29A.(1) This section applies to a report that, under an Act— (a) is received by a Minister or the Speaker; and (b) is required or permitted to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly. ‘ (2) If the Minister or Speaker wants to table the report when the Legislative Assembly is not sitting, the Minister or Speaker may give a copy of it to the Clerk of the Parliament. ‘ (3) The Clerk may authorise the printing of the report. ‘ (4) If the report is printed under the Clerk’s authority, the Clerk must

s4 7 s6 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 table the report in the Legislative Assembly on the next sitting day. 1 ‘ (5) For subsection (1)(b), if a report is required or permitted to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly, a part of the report or a document accompanying the report is also taken to be required or permitted to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly. ‘ (6) In this section— “report” includes— (a) part of a report; and (b) a document accompanying a report.’. ˙ Amendment of s 33A (References to States include Territories) 4. Section 33A(3), before ‘enacted’— insert— ‘(other than this Act)’. ˙ Amendment of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words and expressions) 5. Section 36— insert— ‘ “Speaker” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.’. ˙ Relocation of s 48 (Mode of pleading affirmation instead of oath) 6. Section 48— relocate to Oaths Act 1867 , in part 7, as section 42. 1 The report is a parliamentary document under the ParliamentaryPapersAct1992 , section 6 and the House is taken to have authorised the Clerk to publish the report. A person does not incur civil or criminal liability for publishing a document under the House’s authority ( ParliamentaryPapersAct1992 , section 10(1)).

s 7 8 s 10 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 ˙ Amendment and relocation of s 52(1) and (2) (Form of oath of allegiance) 7.(1) Section 52(2), heading— omit. (2) Section 52(1) and (2), as amended— relocate to Oaths Act 1867 , in part 2, as section 5A(1) and (2). PART 3—AMENDMENT OF COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950 ˙ Act amended 8. This part amends the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 . ˙ Omission of s 26 (Regulations) 9. Section 26— omit. ˙ Replacement of s 32 (Receipt of commission report) 10. Section 32— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Reports may be tabled ‘ 32. A report under this Act that is received by a Minister may be tabled in the Legislative Assembly. ˙ ‘ Regulation making power ‘ 33.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

s 11 9 s 13 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 ‘ (2) A regulation may make provision about the conduct of commissions.’. PART 4—AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992 ˙ Act amended 11. This part amends the Electoral Act 1992. ˙ Amendment of s 111 (Electoral visitor voting) 12. Section 111(1), ‘elector visitor’— omit, insert— ‘electoral visitor’. ˙ Replacement of s 172 (Failure to post etc. documents on behalf of another person) 13. Section 172— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Failure to post or send documents for someone else ‘ 172.(1) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) is given a request under section 110 or 111 2 to post or send by facsimile to the Commission or a returning officer; and (b) fails to promptly post it or send it by facsimile to the Commission or returning officer. ‘ (2) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) is given a declaration envelope under section 110(5)(d)(ii) to post 2 Section 110 deals with declaration voting using posted voting papers. Section 111 deals with electoral visitor voting.

s 14 10 s 17 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 to the Commission or returning officer; and (b) fails to promptly post it to the Commission or returning officer. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.’. PART 5—AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS AND LONG LEAVE) ACT 1957 ˙ Act amended 14. This part amends the Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957 . ˙ Amendment of s 15 (Leave of absence of Judges) 15. Section 15(5)— omit, insert— ‘ (5) A Judge who is entitled to not less than 6 months additional leave of absence under subsection (1) may, with the Governor in Council’s approval, take the additional leave in 2 or more separate periods.’. PART 6—AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 ˙ Act amended 16. This part amends the Justices Act 1886 . ˙ Insertion of new s 268A 17. After section 268— insert—

s 18 11 s 19 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 ˙ ‘ Approval of forms on 18 June 1993 ‘ 268A.(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the forms approved for this Act by the chief executive on 18 June 1993 are taken to be, and always to have been, validly approved. ‘ (2) This section expires on the day it commences.’. ˙ Amendment and omission of s 269 (Declaration about effect of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992) 18.(1) Section 269 (as inserted by the JusticeandAttorney-GeneralLegislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 )— insert— ‘ (2) This section is a law to which section 20A of the Acts InterpretationAct 1954 applies.’. (2) Section 269, as amended— omit. ˙ Insertion of new s 271 19. After section 270— insert— ˙ ‘ Continuation of places and districts ‘ 271.(1) In this section— “amending Act” means the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)Act 1992 . “amendment day” means the day the amendments of the Decentralisation of Magistrates Courts Act 1965 made by the amending Act commenced. 3 ‘ (2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, despite the enactment of the amending Act— 3 The amendment day was 14 August 1992.

s 20 12 s 21 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 (a) the boundaries of each Magistrates Court district or division immediately before the amendment day continued to be the boundaries for the district or division; and (b) a division of the Brisbane district continued to be a district for this Act and any other law conferring jurisdiction on Magistrates Courts; and (c) every place appointed in each division of the Brisbane district continued to be a place appointed under this Act for holding a Magistrates Court. ‘ (3) This section is a law to which the ActsInterpretationAct , section 20A applies. ‘ (4) This section expires 1 year after the day on which it commences or, if an earlier day is prescribed under a regulation, that day.’. PART 7—AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 ˙ Act amended 20. This part amends the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners forDeclarations Act 1991 . ˙ Amendment of s 5 (Membership) 21.(1) Section 5, paragraphs (b) to (e)— omit, insert— ‘(b) 1 is to be an officer of the public service in the department in which the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act1991 is administered; and ‘(c) 1 is to be an officer of the public service in the department in which the CommunityServices(Aborigines)Act1984 and

s 22 13 s 23 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 CommunityServices(TorresStrait)Act1984 are administered; and ‘(d) 1 is to be a police officer; and’. (2) Section 5(g), ‘4’— omit, insert— ‘5’. (3) Section 5(f) and (g), as amended— renumber as section 5(e) and (f). ˙ Replacement of s 12 (Registrar of justices of the peace and commissioners for declarations) 22. Section 12— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Registrar and deputy registrars ‘ 12.(1) The following officers may be appointed under the Public ServiceManagement and Employment Act 1988 — (a) a registrar of justices of the peace and commissioners for declarations; (b) deputy registrars of justices of the peace and commissioners for declarations. ‘ (2) A deputy registrar may exercise the powers of the registrar.’. ˙ Amendment of s 16 (Qualifications of office) 23.(1) Section 16(a), ‘, upon the recommendation of the Minister,’— omit. (2) Section 16— insert— ‘ (2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to the appointment of a retired Magistrate as a justice of the peace (magistrates court) if the person applies

s 24 14 s 25 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 for the appointment within 5 years after the person’s retirement as a Magistrate.’. PART 8—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT 1867 ˙ Act amended 24. This part amends the Oaths Act 1867. ˙ Replacement of heading before s 1 25. Heading before section 1— omit, insert— ‘ PART 1—PRELIMINARY ‘ Short title ‘ 1A. This Act may be cited as the Oaths Act 1867 . ‘ Definitions ‘ 1B. In this Act— “court of justice” includes a person authorised to administer oaths to witnesses. “presiding Judge” includes a person authorised to administer oaths to witnesses. “State” includes a Territory. ‘ PART 2—OATHS OF OFFICE AND ALLEGIANCE ’.

s 26 15 s 28 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 ˙ Replacement of heading before s 6 26. Heading before section 6— omit, insert— ‘ PART 3—DECLARATIONS SUBSTITUTED FOR CERTAIN OFFICIAL OATHS ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s 13 27. Heading before section 13— omit, insert— ‘ PART 4—STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ’. ˙ Replacement of s 13 (Persons entitled to take declarations) 28. Section 13— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Who may take declarations ‘ 13.(1) A person’s declaration may be taken by— (a) a justice, commissioner for declarations or notary public under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State; or (b) a lawyer; or (c) a conveyancer, or another person authorised to administer an oath, under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State. ‘ (2) This section applies to a declaration taken for Queensland law, whether it is taken inside or outside Queensland (including outside Australia). ‘ (3) In this section— “taken” includes received.’.

s 29 16 s 34 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 ˙ Omission of headings 29. Headings before sections 14 and 15— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s 17 30. Heading before section 17— omit, insert— ‘ PART 5—SOLEMN AFFIRMATIONS AND DECLARATIONS ’. ˙ Omission of headings 31. Headings before sections 18 and 19 and headings to sections 18(2) and 19(2)— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s 21 32. Heading before section 21— omit, insert— ‘ PART 6—OTHER OATHS ’. ˙ Omission of headings 33. Headings before sections 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31 and 34— omit. ˙ Amendment of s 29 34.(1) Section 29, as heading— insert—

s 35 17 s 36 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 ‘ Interpreter’s oath to interpret between a prisoner, defendant or witness and others ’. (2) Section 29(1), before ‘FOREIGN WITNESS’, heading— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s 32 35. Heading before section 32— omit, insert — ‘ PART 7—MISCELLANEOUS ’. ˙ Replacement of s 35 (Commencement of Act—Short title) and heading before s 35 36. Section 35 and heading before the section— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ References to Oaths Act Amendment Acts ‘ 43. In an Act or document, a reference to any of the following Acts is taken to be a reference to this Act, and a reference to a provision of any of the following Acts that was relocated to this Act is taken to be a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act— • Oaths Act Amendment Act 1876 • Oaths Act Amendment Act 1884 • Oaths Act Amendment Act 1981 .’.

s 37 18 s 41 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 PART 9—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1876 ˙ Act amended 37. This part amends the Oaths Act Amendment Act 1876. ˙ Relocation of ss 3 and 4 38. Sections 3 and 4— relocate to Oaths Act 1867 , in part 7, as sections 35 and 36. PART 10—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1884 ˙ Act amended 39. This part amends the Oaths Act Amendment Act 1884 . ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Interpreters) 40. Section 3, ‘2’— omit, insert — ‘37’. ˙ Relocation of ss 2 and 3 41. Sections 2 and 3 (as amended)— relocate to Oaths Act 1867 , in part 11, as sections 37 and 38.

s 42 19 s 44 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 PART 11—AMENDMENT OF OATHS ACT AMENDMENT ACT 1891 ˙ Act amended 42. This part amends the Oaths Act Amendment Act 1891 . ˙ Amendment of s 2 (Interpreter) 43. Section 2, ‘1’— omit, insert — ‘39’. ˙ Replacement of s 3 (Justices and other persons may take affidavits) 44. Section 3— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Who may take affidavits ‘ 3.(1) A person’s affidavit may be taken by any of the following persons without a commission being issued for the purpose— (a) a justice, commissioner for declarations or notary public under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State; (b) a lawyer; (c) a conveyancer, or another person authorised to administer an oath, under the law of the State, the Commonwealth or another State. ‘ (2) This section applies to an affidavit taken for Queensland law, whether it is taken inside or outside Queensland (including outside Australia). ‘ (3) In this section— “taken” includes received and sworn.’.

s 45 20 s 48 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 ˙ Relocation of ss 1–3 45. Sections 1 to 3— relocate to Oaths Act 1867 , in part 7, as sections 39, 40 and 41. ˙ Relocation of schedule 46. Schedule— relocate to Oaths Act 1867 . PART 12—AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 ˙ Act amended 47. This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 . ˙ Amendment of sch 2 (Consequential and other amendments) 48.(1) Schedule 2, amendment of Supreme Court Act 1921 , section 7— omit, insert — ‘ Section 7, sentence starting ‘As and when directed’— omit. ’. (2) This section is taken to have commenced on the commencement of the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 .

s 49 21 s 49 Justice and Attorney-General (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 24, 1995 PART 13—REPEALS ˙ Repeals 49. The following Acts (as amended by this Act) are repealed— • Oaths Act Amendment Act 1876 40 Vic No. 10 • Oaths Act Amendment Act 1884 48 Vic No. 19 • Oaths Act Amendment Act 1891 55 Vic No. 14. The State of Queensland 1995